Display device



May 1, 1928. 1,668,109

G. F. EGAN DISPLAY DEVICE Filed M12. 5. 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet! Fig.

May 1, 1928. 1,668,109

G. F. EGAN DISPLAY DEVICE Filed Ana. 5, 1925 2 Sheets5heet 2 Patented May l, 1928. A

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merrier DEVICE.

mama filed August a, 1925. serial m. 47,885.

The present invention relates to improve ments in display devices and more particu-. larly refers to devices designed for use in connection with display or storage shelves upon which merchandise is carried. 1

It is an object of the invention toxprovide a simple; structural holder susceptible of inexpensive vmanufacture and involvm use of small amounts of material, w erein a card or tag may be easily fitted for re moved. n '1 Further objects of the invention are to constructa device which may be readily received upon the edge of a shelf and supported in such a Wayas to not encroach upon the shelf space; to make the device fast to the shelf without the aid of any separate securing means, and to provitle device which maybe slid along the shelf tO VBIIOUS positions Q h n n 1 a With theforegoing and otherobjects n view, the invention will be more fully d6? scribed hereinafter, and will be more particularly pointed out in the claims appended hereto. g ,H 4 J In the drawings, wherein like symbols refer tolike or corresponding parts throughout the several views: j v b Figure 1 is a =perspectiveuyiew showing one form of the improveddevice; a Figure 2 is a frontview of l e-same showingaqprice cardthereinyq i Figure 3 is. an end view; of the same; Figured is acentral cross SQQSIODBI'VIGW therethrough; i Figures 5, 6 and 7 are perspectiveviews shrowing different modifications of the in.- vention; n 1 i n Figure 8is a longitudinal horizontal section taken through the device shown inFig ure 7;

Figure 9 is shrown as applied to a shelf; JFigureIO is a front elevation aprice card'therein; r v y Figure 11 is an; endview of .the same; Figure'12 is a cross section-taken on the line 12-12 in Figure and n t Figures 13, 14, 15 and 16 all show perspective views of further different modifications. y

Referring more particularly to the drawings and for the present to Figures 1 to 4, inclusive, the device is shown as made preferably from sheet metalor some other mathe 'nthe forward portion of the lower clamp aperspective view of a still further modified form of the invent on terial possessing resiliency and having the upper andlower clamp members. 17 and 18 extendingrearwardly from the upper and lower edges respectively of the central panel orweb 19. The panel is Shownas'setting back slightly from the edge portions 20 and 21; in other words the edges20 and 21 are shown as pressedoutwardly from the panel and slots 22 and 23 are shown "as provided for the major portion of the lengththereof except that the end arts 24iand 25 are left;

A third slot 26 is s ownas provided vabove the slot 22. A card, as 27,"may slide freely up and down through the slots 22and 26 7 and in front of the panel 19 and rest upon the forward portion of the lower clamp member 18. (jut-out portions 28 and :29 are shown as made in the panel 19 and upper clamp member 17 respectively and with the open parts of the cut-out portion facing toward one another, or in other words, coin municating respectivelywith the slot 22 and theslot 26. These cut-outportionsadmit a finger for the purpose of aiding in moving V and grip ing a card. a n i A car may be inserted into the slot 26 and slid throughthe slot 22 and in front of the panel 19 and rest upon the forward portion of the lower clamp member 18 desired the card may be inserted in the slot 22 and slid throughthe slot 26", and the card may then be brought downuntil it rests on member 18.; i h 1 y n theuse ofthe device the clam mem bers17'and 18 are fitted over the e ge of a shelf and the device pushed 'in until the panel member 119 strikes the forward portion of the shelf. The inherent "clas ticity in the metal will cause the clamp meme bers 17 and 18 to tightly grip the shelf without the aid of other fastening means, but at the same time the construction ada mitsof the device bein slid along theshelf thereof with Vhen the e position on a shelf theslots permitthe admission and removal of cards. When it is to various positions. vice iskin desired to remove a card the card maybe shoved up fronrthe front of a finger lid-" mitted downwardly through the cut-out portion 29 and behind the card through the cut-out portion 28 so that finger pressure may be obtained on opposite faces of the card. it

Referring to Figure 5, clamp members 30 and 31 are shown as provided forthe pur- Y to pose of securing the device upon a shelf, but in this instance the panel member is disensed with and the device ma be made ighter and material saved. o clamp members are shown as connected together at one end by the outer and inner straps 32 and 33 respectively which are offset in different planes to provide a slot 34. The other end of the device is shown as provided with the outer. and inner straps 35 and 36 of similar construction except that the stra 36 is bent backward and inwardly. A car maybe. slid between t e stra s 35 and 36 until it enters the slot 34, in w ich position the str 33 as well as the strap 36 will be behin the. card and the straps 32 and 35 will be in front of the card.

lteierri to Figure 6, 38 and 39 desigmate the clamp members for holding the device upon a shelf and 40 a panel member which is in one piece with the clamp members. The. anel member is shown as slotted at 41 and 2 substantially parallel with the ends thereof and near such ends, the slots running in a substantially vertical direction. Stra 43. and 44 are shown as left beyond the s ots, and the panel 40 may be pressed inwardly from the strap; 43 and 44, or the straps 43 and 44 may pressed outwardly from the panel 40, in either case to admit a card when slid horizontally into the holder between th straps and the panel. The end of the strap 43 may be bent around to form an abutment to check the movement of the card; towards the left.

Referring now to Figures 7 and 8, a panel member is represen ed at 45 and clamp memers. at 46 and 47.. Beads 48 and 4,9 are.

shown as made between the upper and lower edges of the panel member and respective clamp members... These beadslare sh0WI as overhanging the panel member and .provlde upper and lower uidesin which a card may he slid horizontal y- At one end the guides,

are open to admit the card,jbut atthe other end such guides may be closed by a flange, as 50, which may be rolled forwardly and inwardly as ind cated in Figure '8. This flange may be a portion of the metal of the panel and the u peer and lower ends of the part 50 are pre erably received and housed withinthe adjaeent'end parts of the upper and lower beads. The beads extend substan tially vertically, being also substantially arallel and forwardly of the anel 45'. e heads are shown as reinforce by inner overlapping walls fil which lie in Contact with the rear walls of the beads and are bent over and merge with the top and bottom portions of the panel. In other words the beads are shown as of double-wall construction. The

. end of the panel at the open end of the guide ways is shown as provided with an extension '52, If oods hang over the edge of a shelf the dev ce may be removed from shown as engaging the upper and lower walls of the shelf and W shaped partial panel 56 is shown as extendigg u ward from the lower clamp member is partial panel 56. may rest against'the front wall of the shelf when the device'is in position on the shelf. Side strips 57 58 are shown as connecting the lower andup erclamp mom- 7 bers at the ends ofthe device, and a horizontal strip tween the 'stri' shown as provided for the insertion of a card. A card inserted in the slot 60 willbe held in the partial anel 56, the strips 57 and 58 preventing tie card from falling frontward and the from fa ling backward. The ownward movement of the card is checked at the points where the side strips 57 and 58 and the clamp member 54 me:

Referring to Figure 13, 61 and 62 designate the clamp, members and 63, and 64 end vertical straps thatsecure the clamp members Gland 62 together. shaped panels and 06 are shown in this:

place bv the strips ,57 and'58 and partial panel 56' preventi'n the card- 59showi1 as extending be- 57, andf58. A slot 60 is instance, the Vs being shown-as inverted with respect to one another and the points being preferably removed as indicated at 67 to avoid any sharp earners coming in contact with the card. *Thepartial panels 65 and 66 are. me plane back of the straps 63 and 64; The card is'in'temied to be slid in horizontally; In this the straps 63 and 64 will reveutthe eardfrom falling forward andtT p'a'rtidpanels 65 and 66 will the card frotnialling backward ly. e horizontal movement of the can! may be checkediby a- 63 shown as formed by turning ream and inwardly a ortion of the strap 63.

eferri to Figure 1 4, the clamp members 68 an 69 are shown as-eonneeted by against falling forward the horisental.

ledge '74; In this forgo! construetien' a card maybe aced in position by inserting it downward y through the slot 74 or card may be inserted by inserting it upward ly behind the ledge 74' and then resting it in the slot 72. 7

Referring to Figure 18, 75 and 76. are the clamp members and 77 the panel shown as made in one piece with the lower clamp member and bent upwardl therefrom having a V-shaped slot 78 an two end prongs 79 and 80.

Straps 81 and 82 are left at the sides of the device and the panel member is pressed backwardly of the strap so as to admit the card therein by horizontal sli'din movement. One of the straps maybe provided with a curled abutment such as shown at- 50 in Figure 8 or at 37 in Figure 5'. v

Referrin now to Figure 16, the device comprises 0 amp members 83 and 84 with a panel therebetween. A holding panel 85 is shown as attached to the panel between the clamp members 83 and 84 by curling the ends 86 of the panel 85 around the edges of the panel formed between the clamp members 83 and 84. The panel 85 has a lower up-e turned led e 87 and an extension part 88 extending a ove the upper clamp member 83. The extension 88 is provided with curled vertical guides 89 and 90. A card may be admitted downwardly between the curled guides 89 and 90 and rest upon the ledge 87. This device accommodates larger and higher cards.

I prefer to make the lower clamp members in the embodiment of my invention shown in the drawings taper upwardly at the points bers. In t is way it is easier to insert my device on a shelf. The device will accommodate itself to shelves of varying thicknesses, V

and the device will hug the shelf more closely. s

It is obvious that various changes and modifications may be made in the details of construction and design of the above specifically described embodiments of my Invention without departing from the spirit thereof.

What is claimed is 1. A display device comprising a panel to receive a card thereagainst, supporting means connected to the panel having slots to admit the card, said panel and suppo'rtim means having cut-out portions to admit a finger to the rear sideof the card supported in front of the panel.

2. A sheet metal display device compris-' card from behind, a ledge extending outwardly and upwardly from the lower clamp member for receiving and holding the lower edge and outer portion of said card. I n

GEORGE F. EGAN.

testimony whereof I afiix my signature. 

